Adel Taarabt

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Queens Park Rangers attacking midfielder Adel Taarabt is being chased by several clubs, one of them being Barcelona. In his own words (via Mirror Football): "I have been told that the president of Anzhi and people from Barcelona have asked about me."

If you're a football aficionado, trust that gut feeling, because you're probably thinking: "wait a minute... I've heard this before, Adel!"

Well, you would be right. Take a look at some of his quotes to the media in recent years.

I look at teams like Bolton, Stoke or Wolves and say: 'There is just no point for me. I hate that style of football. England is not for me, I think La Liga is the best League for me'. I hope to be playing for one of the top four in Spain next season—Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or Sevilla. I have had contact with good teams and I know that they want me.

I want to go to Paris [Saint-Germain], but if it is not resolved this weekend, it no longer will be. Would it be a disappointment if I didn't join Paris? Of course because I want to come. In England I will make more money but Paris, it's the capital of France.

Whoring himself out to the tabloids just like Kim Kardashian.

For the sake of this slide, let's delve into the possibility of Barcelona signing Taarabt.

It's a catch-22 for him since he extended his contract at QPR to improve his salary, but he should be playing for a better club—one that isn't stuck in the relegation zone.

League Only

Goals

Shots Per Goal

Assists

Shots Created Per Game

Dribbles Per Game

Alexis Sánchez

-

-*

3

1.4

0.5

Cristian Tello

3

3

2

0.8

1.1

David Villa

5

1.8

1

0.3

0.2

Isaac Cuenca **

2

7.5

2

1

0.9

Pedro

1

23

5

0.9

0.9

Taarabt

4

13

2

2.6

3.1

* Alexis has taken seven shots.

** Cuenca has been rehabbing his knee hence why he hasn't made a La Liga appearance this season. His statistics used in the table have been taken from last season, where he played 16 league games.

The reason why Taarabt's dribbles per game is so much higher than the aforementioned Barça players is because their system is the tiqui-taca—pass, move, control.

The only player given the green-light to go solo is Lionel Messi, whose 3.6 dribbles per La Liga game, is 2.1 higher than the next active player (Andrés Iniesta; 1.5).

Taarabt is QPR's answer to Messi, thus the Moroccan's offensive statistics look good because he always touches the ball.

Subotić hasn't been in vintage form nor is he a better passer than someone like Torino's Angelo Ogbonna, who completes 93.5 percent of his passes, is nine percent higher than Subotić. The Italian would be a better fit with the Blaugrana than the Serbian.

With Dortmund still in the UEFA Champions League, if a move to Barcelona was to eventuate, it would happen in the summer and not in January.